World Nemertea Database taxon details
Tetrastemma vittigerum (Bürger, 1904)
122810 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122810)
accepted
Species
Amphiporus vittatus (Hubrecht, 1879) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Oerstedia vittata Hubrecht, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Oertedia vittata Hubrecht, 1879 · unaccepted > junior homonym (secondary junior homonym of...)
secondary junior homonym of Tetrastemma vittatum Verrill, 1874
Prostoma vitigerum Bürger, 1904 · unaccepted (Lapsus calami)
Prostoma vittigerum Bürger, 1904 · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma vittigerum granulatum · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma vittigerum granulosum · unaccepted (synonym)
Tetrastemma vittatum (Hubrecht, 1879) sensu Bürger, 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Prostoma vittigerum Bürger, 1904) Bürger, O. (1904). Nemertini. <em>Das Tierreich.</em> 20: 1–151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/898990 [details] 
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Tetrastemma vittigerum (Bürger, 1904). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/nemertea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122810 on 2025-07-07
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(of Prostoma vittigerum Bürger, 1904) Bürger, O. (1904). Nemertini. <em>Das Tierreich.</em> 20: 1–151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/898990 [details]
original description (of Amphiporus vittatus (Hubrecht, 1879)) Hubrecht, A. A. W. (1879). The Genera of European Nemerteans critically revised, with description of several new species. Notes of the Leyden Museum, 1: 193-233, available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/record/508444 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 152-156 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gibson, R. (1995). Nemertean genera and species of the world: an annotated checklist of original names and description citations, synonyms, current taxonomic status, habitats and recorded zoogeographic distribution. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 29(2): 271–561., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939500770161
note: p. 447: Listed as Amphiporus vittatus by Joubin (1890: 570-571) and as Tetrastemma vittatum by Bürger (1895a: 577), Bürger (1904a: 59) renamed the species as Prostoma vittigerum to distinguish it fr...
[details] Available for editors
original description (of Amphiporus vittatus (Hubrecht, 1879)) Hubrecht, A. A. W. (1879). The Genera of European Nemerteans critically revised, with description of several new species. Notes of the Leyden Museum, 1: 193-233, available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/record/508444 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 152-156 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gibson, R. (1995). Nemertean genera and species of the world: an annotated checklist of original names and description citations, synonyms, current taxonomic status, habitats and recorded zoogeographic distribution. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 29(2): 271–561., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939500770161
note: p. 447: Listed as Amphiporus vittatus by Joubin (1890: 570-571) and as Tetrastemma vittatum by Bürger (1895a: 577), Bürger (1904a: 59) renamed the species as Prostoma vittigerum to distinguish it fr...
p. 447: Listed as Amphiporus vittatus by Joubin (1890: 570-571) and as Tetrastemma vittatum by Bürger (1895a: 577), Bürger (1904a: 59) renamed the species as Prostoma vittigerum to distinguish it from Tetrastemma vittata Verrill, 1874: 45; Bürger (1904a: 57, 59) in part synonymised Amphiporus vittatus sensu Joubin (1890, 1894) with Prostoma unicolor, in part with Prostoma vittigerum. The latter form is now known as Tetrastemma vittigerum (Bürger, 1904).
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Ecology in ascidians [details]Synonymy Amphiporus vittatus (partim) = Tetrastemma vittigerum
Tetrastemma vittata sensu Verrill, 1874 is not a synonym to Tetrastemma vittigerum [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | four-eyed nemertean [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Tetrastemma vittatum (Hubrecht, 1879) sensu Bürger, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Amphiporus vittatus (Hubrecht, 1879))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Prostoma vittigerum Bürger, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Oerstedia vittata Hubrecht, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tetrastemma vittigerum)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (1 record)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Tetrastemma vittatum (Hubrecht, 1879) sensu Bürger, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Amphiporus vittatus (Hubrecht, 1879))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Prostoma vittigerum Bürger, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Oerstedia vittata Hubrecht, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tetrastemma vittigerum)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (1 record)
